http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9968.html
Capitol Hill insiders say the battle for congressional superdelegates is over, and one Senate supporter of Barack Obama is hinting strongly that he has prevailed over Hillary Rodham Clinton.
While more than 80 Democrats in the House and Senate have yet to state their preferences in the race for the Democratic nomination, sources said Tuesday that most of them have already made up their minds and have told the campaigns where they stand.
"The majority of superdelegates I've talked to are committed, but it is a matter of timing," said Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). "They're just preferring to make their decision public after the primaries are over. ... They would like someone else to act for them before they talk about it in the cold light of day."
Obama currently holds an 18-13 lead among committed superdelegates in the Senate, while Clinton holds a 77-74 lead in the House. Asked which way the committed-but-unannounced superdelegates are leaning, McCaskill -- who has endorsed Obama -- said: "James Brown would say, 'I Feel Good.'"
Even though I hate the idea of super-delegates, under the current rules both candidates would need those delegates. In all likelihood, Obama will end up with the most pledge delegates when all the primaries are concluded on June 3rd. The super-delegates would be extremely foolish to overturn the pledged delegate count, especially if Obama has the popular lead also (most likely he will keep his lead in that arena also). At least Obama is getting a little bit of good news today...
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